Frontier Development

Land, Labour, and Capital on the Wheatlands of Argentina and Canada, 1890-1914

Jeremy Adelman

Description

This is the most comprehensive comparative study of the agrarian systems of the frontier lands of Argentina and Canada in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Jeremy Adelman challenges much received wisdom about the economic "success" of North America and the "failure" of Latin America. Based on extensive primary research in Argentina, Canada, and Britain, Adelman's book points to the central importance of property relations in economic history in these regions.

Frontier Development

Land, Labour, and Capital on the Wheatlands of Argentina and Canada, 1890-1914

Jeremy Adelman

Reviews and Awards

"Frontier Development is a highly informative addition to the subject of comparative agricultural development in Latin America and North America."--Historian

"Detailed, carefully argued, and well-written...Frontier Development is an important and exciting book, highly recommended to students of agricultural and business history, of government economic and social policy issues, and of rural society."--Agricultural History